Clothes-washer.



G. P. ROGERS.

CLOTHES WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.18, 1913 1,102,958, Patented July 7, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS C0: PHDTO LITHO-, WASHINGTON. D. C.

n1) s'rATEs PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. ROGERS, 0F ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-WASHER.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18, 1913. Serial No. 796,961.

To all whom it may concern: y I

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. Roonns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and .State of New Jersey, have invented new ing head having a diaphragm intermediate of its ends and provided throughout with aplurality of perforations which are arranged to cause a thorough and broad dis-- tribution of the water through the clothes,

on the upstroke of the device when the latter is used as a pounder.

Another object of the invention is the. provision of a device of this character'which will be provided with a valved closure which may be adjusted so as to close the chamber of the head to the atmosphere when the device is used as a pounder and which will be operable to regulate the compression of the air in the chamber asthe occasion may demand. v

A further object of the invention, isthe provision of a steaming attachment which may be readily applied to or removed from the closure of the pounding head and which may be associated with the head so that direct communication may be established therewith so that the water rising into the head may be conducted into the attachment and discharged therefrom in spray form.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein the closure thereof may remain intact upon the head of the pounder when it is desired to convert the pounder into a steamer.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a pounder wherein the chamber thereof will contain a foraminous diaphragm which will be spaced from the closure of the head so as to form therein an intervening compartment in which soap may be placed, if desired, so that the water may be come properly impregnated with the soap during the steaming or pounding operation.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through the device. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the l1ne 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa section through a portion of the device showing the steaming attachment connected with the closure of the pounding head. Fig. 4 is a side View of the steaming attachment.

The device comprises a pounding head 1 having a substantially semi-spherical upper portion 2 and a cylindrical, vertically disposed lower portion 3, the latter having its lower edges folded, as at 4, so as to reinforcethe head at the bottom and toy prevent the edges of the head from tearing the clothes when the device is in use. The upper portion 2 is provided with a threaded extension 5 having arelatively large internal diameter for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Intermediate of the ends the head has secured therewithin a circular concavo-convex disk or diaphragm 6 in which. perforations 7 are formed at desired points. A closureS overlies the upper end of the extension 5 and as shown said closure is provided witha flange 9 having an internal thread 10 which is adapted to receive the thread of the extension. The closure is provided preferably with a fiat crown 11.

The crown 11 has formed therein a plurality of passages 12 which are arranged in a circular series. Above the crown is mount- Patented July '7, 1914.

ed a valve plate 13 having passages 14 there in which are also arranged in a circular series and which are adapted to register or partly register with the passages 12 as the occasion may warrant. The plate 12 is in the form of a flat ring having arcuate slots '15 through which combined guide and retaining stems 16 are extended. These stems may be mounted on the crown 11 of the closure in any well known obvious manner.

Rising from the crown 11 of the closure is a substantially frusto-conical brace 17 through which is extended an interiorly threaded sleeve 18 which has its upper edges rolled over and around the upper edge of the brace, as shown at 19. The lower end of the sleeve 18 is riveted or otherwise secured as at 20 to the central portion of the crown 11.

At the lower end the walls 3 of the head 1 are embraced by a collar 21 having a base 22 which is extended below the edge 1 and provided with an annular series of perforations 23. This construction is preferred in order that jets of water may be expelled in an upward direction and in the direction of ferred to receives a threaded metallic por-w tion 24 on a detachable operatinghandle 25. :In using the device as a clothes pounder the valve plate 13 is adjusted over the passages 12 so as to regulate the emission of airfrorn the head on the down stroke. If desired, and particularly when using the device upon heavy'clothes the valve plate 13 is adjusted so as to entirely close the passages 12, *thus resulting in -the ina'ximumcompression of air in the upper portion ofthe head 1 on the down stroke and consequently increasing {the 1 efliciency of the device in properly scattering "the water from the head on .the up strokes. 1 1 1 When it :is desired to use the device for; the purpose of steaming clothes in a boiler,, .I provide asteamingattachment 26. Thisi attachment :consists of a vertical pipe 27 i which'terminatesat its lower end in a'subrstantiallyifrusto-conical base 28 overlying the;

closure 8 and provided with an interiorlyl threaded flange29'receiving'the threads 30;

of the closure 8. The pipe 27, 'atits c0nnec-i tion with the base 28, is embraced by weight31 whichis adaptedto lend stability to the structure and perinit'thesame' to prop-' erly 'rest upon the bottom of the clothes re rcepta cle. =Atthe'upper, end 'thepipe 27 has :removablyfitted thereto a sleeve 32 whichfis iprovided with a substantially conical shaped sspraying head 33 having a series of downwardly and, outwardly extending discharge I channels 84:. I It is" obviouslyunderstood that when 'it is desired to use the device as a steame'r 'the handle 25 is removed that the'va'lve plate 13 is adjusted so that the openings 1 1 therein 8 register with'thebpenings 12iin"the='cr o'wn of theclosureS, and that the flange of the base 28 is then threaded onto the extension 5 of the head 1 to thereby establish direct communication between the head and the pipe 27. The device may then be extendedi-nto the .boiler or clothes receptacle so that the extreme lower edge of the flange 22 will rest onthe bottom-of the boiler. The water as it becomes heated circulates through the passages 22 and passes in an upward direction inthe head'l and through the perfora-. tions'12"and 14 and into-"the pipe 27 and it is then finallydeliveredto the spraying head 33 in orderthat it may be thrown downwardly onto the'clothes.

Fromthe foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the 'construction and 'operationof the invention will be readily understood without 1 requiring'a more extended explanation.

v Variouschanges in the form, proportion and the minor details 'of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

I A clothes washer comprising a head open at its'low'er end and provided with an outwardly -flared 'foraminous flange, aclosure removably fitting the upperend of'the head, said closure being provided'with a plurality "ofperforations, anda valve mounted for rotation-on the head and having perforations alinin g with the perforations of'the' head on one adjustment of'fthe valve.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of 'two'witnesses. 1

I p GEORGE PHROGEBS V Witnesses: I

JoHN -L. FLETC ER, I 'JA-MES'A. Konnll.

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